Family: Mimosaceae

Common Name: Australian बाभूळ

Etymology - Genus: Thorny, spiny

Etymology - Species: Shaped like an ear

Ecosystem: Evergreen

Origin: Foreign

Location: India

Description: Evergreen, tall tree with black bark. Native to Australian continent, planted throughout Indian subcontinent. Invasive species - tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully at the expense of native species.Bipinnately compound leaf but they are seen only in sapling stage. Falcate green veinless phyllodes which disguise like simple leaves.Long tail like, yellow, catkin inflorescence.Flat, oblong pod, twisted at maturity.Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.

Root type: Taproot-Woody hard

Stem Appearance: Tree

Stem Cross Section: Circular

Stem Texture: Dark black with white stretchmarks

Root-Stem-Bark Description: Evergreen, tall tree with black bark. Native to Australian continent, planted throughout Indian subcontinent. Invasive species - tending to spread very quickly and undesirably or harmfully at the expense of native species.

Leaf - Characters

Attachment: Phyllode

Stipules: Exstipulate

Leaf Type: Bipinnate-Paripinnate

Phyllotaxy: Alternate-Spiral

Leaf Description: Bipinnately compound leaf but they are seen only in sapling stage. Falcate green veinless phyllodes which disguise like simple leaves.

Leaflet - Characters

Lamina: na

Lamina Bases: na

Lamina Margins: na

Lamina Apices: na

Lamina Texture: na

Venation: na

Leaflet Description:

Fruit type: Legume

Fruit type Description: Flat, oblong pod, twisted at maturity.

Seed Type: Dicotyledon

Germination type: -

Dispersion Method: -

Preprocessing for germination: -

Germination time: -

Seed shelf life: -

Germination %: -

Seed Description: Should not be planed in Indian subcontinent.